Step 2
While offhook, press
Help
twice to invoke the Call Statistics screen, or press
Settings
>
Status
>
Call Statistics
to invoke the Call Statistics screen.
Step 3
Look for the Tone softkey.
When the Tone softkey is visible, the softkey remains enabled for as long as this Cisco Unified IP phone is
registered with Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Step 4
If the Tone softkey is present, proceed to
Create Test Tone, on page 195
.
Step 5
If the Tone softkey is not present, exit the Call Statistics screen and enter the Setting Menu.
Step 6
Press
**3
on the phone keypad to enable (toggle) the Tone softkey.
If you press
**# **3
consecutively, with no pause, you will inadvertently reset the phone because
of the
**#**
sequence.
Note
Step 7
While offhook, press the Help button twice to invoke the Call Statistics screen, or press
Settings
>
Status
>
Call Statistics
to invoke the Call Statistics screen.
Step 8
Verify that the Tone softkey is present.
When the Tone softkey is visible, the softkey remains enabled for as long as this Cisco Unified IP Phone is
registered with Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Create Test Tone
When measuring echo, make sure you first set the input and output levels to 0 dB gain/attenuation on the
trunk. This is set for the gateway (in Cisco Unified Communications Manager for MGCP) or under IOS
CLI for H.323 or SIP.
Note
To create a test tone, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1
Place a call.
Step 2
After the call is established, press
Help
twice, or press
Settings
>
Status
>
Call Statistics
.
The Call Statistics screen and Tone softkey should appear.
Step 3
Press
Tone
.
The phone generates a 1004 Hz tone at -15 dBm.
•
For a good network connection, the tone sounds at the call destination only.
•
For a bad network connection, the phone generating the tone may receive echo from the destination
phone.
Step 4
To stop the tone, end the call.
For information on interpreting the results of test tone for volume and echo, see
Echo Analysis for Voice over
IP
.
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Model Information, Status, and Statistics
Create Test Tone